The Kanuri ethnic group live primarily in Nigeria, Niger, Sudan, and Cameroun. Their origin can be traced to the former Kanem-Bornu Empire and its neighboring regions. Traditional Kanuri occupations ...

Historians agree that the ancient Kanem-Bornu Empire had great leaders with great visions and greater values. Those values included the dispensation of justice to all manner of people throughout the ...

Lagos---Long before Boko Haram's uprising plunged the region into crisis, the area below Lake Chad was part of a powerful Islamic empire, known for religious piety and unity spanning roughly 1,000 ...

Idris Aloma c. 1546–1603 Reigned c. 1571–1603 over Bornu Empire from Ngazagarmu, Nigeria A lone woman clad in gold might walk [the empire’s roads] with none to fear but God. —Ibn Fartuwa, chronicler ...

The Kanuri ethnic nationality is a renowned ethnic nationality. A people with regal consciousness. Modern-day Kanuri are the descendants of the Sayfawa Dynasty of the Kanem Empire. As a result of ...

Relentless massacres and kidnappings have destroyed credibility they may have had among the Kanuri, analysts say Lagos: Long before Boko Haram’s uprising plunged the region into crisis, the area below ...